Is any AI voice agent free forever?
Outpero is not free forever. It has free credits instead: 50 at signup, no card, about 10 connected minutes on Standard, then pay per minute with no subscription and no setup fee, from ₹3.5/min on custom plans (₹5/min self-serve). 'Free forever' on free AI voice agents usually means a capped tier, software you host yourself, or a voice generator that makes no calls.
What 'free forever' usually means
- —A capped tier: a few minutes or features every month, with real calling behind a paid plan.
- —Open-source software: free to download, but you host it and pay for the phone line, speech and language services yourself.
- —A voice generator: free text to speech that produces audio and cannot dial or listen.
- —A trial that renews as a demo: a scripted call to hear, not an agent to run on your own list.
None of these is a free agent that works your leads indefinitely. Where the software is free, someone still pays for the call.
Why calling cannot be free indefinitely
Every connected call uses a phone line, speech recognition, a language model and a synthesised voice, all billed per use. A vendor can offer a free tier only by capping it or by recovering the cost elsewhere, for example in a number rental or a paid upgrade. Reading the fine print on what is capped tells you more than the word 'free'.
What Outpero offers instead
Each new account gets 50 free credits with no card. One credit is ₹1, so that is about 10 connected minutes on Standard (₹5 a minute) or about 7 on Premium (₹6.8). Credits never expire. After that it is pay per connected minute, with no subscription, no lock-in and no setup fee. Prices exclude 18% GST.
| Item | Free on Outpero? |
|---|---|
| 50 credits at signup, no card | Yes |
| Voice preview and sandbox chat | Yes |
| Free-forever plan | No |
| Dedicated +91 number (₹649 a month) | No |
| Calls beyond the free credits | No, pay per connected minute |
How to judge it fairly
Outpero is the publisher of this page, so apply the same test to every vendor, including Outpero: what exactly stops being free, when, and what it costs per connected minute after that. Start free at app.outpero.com, spend the credits on your own scripts and decide on the transcripts.
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Follow-up questions
Is an open-source AI voice agent free forever?
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The code may be free, but running it is not. You provide hosting, a phone number, telephony and the speech and language services, all of which are billed by use, and you handle the setup and upkeep yourself.
What happens when the 50 free credits on Outpero run out?
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Calling stops when the balance reaches zero, so you add credits when you want to continue. There is no subscription and no plan to cancel, and the credits you buy never expire.
Why does Outpero not offer a free plan?
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Because connected calls carry real per-minute costs, a permanent free plan would have to cap or compromise the product. Free credits let you test the full agent first, then pay only for what you use.